David Peters
Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
- Phone
314-935-4337 - Office
Jubel Hall, Room 203F
Education
PhD, Stanford University, 1974MS, Washington University, 1970
BS, Washington University, 1969
Research areas
Expertise
Studies aeroelasticity
Focus
Dynamics, Vibration, Aeroelasticity, Applied Aerodynamics, Rotary-Wing Systems
Research
Professor Peters's research projects in rotor wake modeling seek to correctly model the dynamic motions that profoundly influence vehicle dynamics of airplane propellers, helicopters and tilt rotors.
His other research interests include aeroelastic modeling of helicopter rotors and wind turbines with unsteady aerodynamics and nonlinear structural deformations and response to stalling.
Biography
Professor Peters first joined the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) in 1975. Prior to that, he was an associate engineer at McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co. in St. Louis from 1969-1970 and a research scientist in the Army Air Mobility R&D Laboratory from 1970-1975.
Professor Peters left WashU to join the faculty of Georgia Tech in 1985 but returned in 1991. Professor Peters served as the Chair of the WashU Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1982-1985 and from 1997-2007.
Currently, Professor Peters is the Associate Director of Georgia Tech/Washington University in St. Louis Center of Excellence for Rotor Technology. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgia Tech.
Additionally, Professor Peters is the recipient of the following awards: Nikolsky Lectureship of AHS International (the Vertical Flight Technical Society), 2008; Reed Aeronautics Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2011; Spirit of St. Louis Medal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013; Vertical Flight Society's Dr. Alexander Klemin Award, 2019.
